New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-W - Former Division of Human Services
Chapter He-W 400 - SUPPORT OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Part He-W 403 - DISTRIBUTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT PAYMENTS
Section He-W 403.02 - Disbursement

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-W 403.02

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) All child support payments shall be disbursed by the state disbursement unit (SDU) to a debit card account provided to payees.

(b) Use of the child support debit card shall be subject to the transaction fees as detailed in the informational enrollment package sent to payees by the department.

(c) Payees may submit a written request to the address in (d) below to:

(1) Elect to receive direct deposit into their checking or savings accounts;

(2) Request payment by paper check due to qualifying for a hardship exemption, as described in (h) below; or

(3) Subsequently change their payment method.

(d) Payees shall mail written requests to:

State Disbursement Unit

P.O. Box 9504

Manchester, NH 03108.

(e) Payees electing payment by direct deposit or requesting payment by paper check shall submit their written request to the SDU within 30 days of receipt of the enrollment notice to avoid issuance of a debit card.

(f) Payees electing payment by direct deposit shall provide the SDU with a voided check or letter from the payee's bank stating the payee's bank account number and routing number.

(g) Payees requesting payment by paper check shall indicate in their written request the hardship exemption reason preventing them from accessing an electronically transferred payment.

(h) A hardship exemption shall be accepted if:

(1) A physical or other disability imposes a hardship for the payee in accessing an electronically transferred payment;

(2) A language or literacy barrier imposes a hardship for the payee in accessing an electronically transferred payment;

(3) The payee lives and works more than 5 miles from an automated teller machine and more than 5 miles from a financial institution where the funds may be accessed; or

(4) Other individual circumstances exist that impose a hardship for the payee in accessing an electronically transferred payment.

(i) Intercepted federal tax refunds made to satisfy a non-IV-A debt that are associated with a joint tax return shall be held for a period of 6 months, or until the department of health and human services is notified by the secretary of the United States treasury that the unobligated spouse's proper share of the refund has been paid, whichever is earlier.

#2671, eff 4-13-84; ss by #2920, eff 12-4-84, EXPIRED: 12-4-90

New. #5090, eff 3-11-91; ss by #6465, INTERIM, eff 3-10-97, EXPIRES: 7-8-97; ss by #6537, eff 7-8-97; ss by #6707, eff 3-3-98; ss by #7125, eff 11-1-99; ss by#9020, eff 11-1-07; renumbered by #9206 (formerly He-W 403.03); ss by #9663, eff 5-1-10; amd by #10467, eff 11-26-13

The amended version of this section by New Hampshire Register Volume 42, Number 14, eff. 3/2/2022 is not yet available.

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